The Essential Collection 1995-2005 is a compilation studio album released by the hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Ten

Ten (band)

Ten is a British hard rock/melodic rock band which was formed in 1995 by vocalist/songwriter Gary Hughes and guitarist Vinny Burns.-Formation :...

. The double compact disc is a re-recording of songs from the Ten catalog, the original versions being available on previous releases. The new versions were recorded by the personnel listed below.

According to Ten leader Gary Hughes: "The tracks included are completely fresh recordings of the songs and more in keeping with the way the current line-up play the material, with new ideas on the old themes".

Disc one-Rockers

1. "The Name of the Rose/Wildest Dreams" – 14:03
2. "The March of the Argonauts/Fear the Force" – 7:53
3. "Ten Fathoms Deep" – 7:10
4. "Apparition" – 8:46
5. "After the Love Has Gone" – 5:52
6. "Remembrance For the Brave/Red" – 8:08
7. "Spellbound" – 5:16
8. "The Robe" – 10:09
9. "Evermore" – 4:48

Disc two-Ballads

1. "Till the End of Time" – 5:03
2. "You're In My Heart" – 6:31
3. "Yesterday Lies In the Flames" – 5:18
4. "Virtual Reality" – 5:55
5. "We Rule the Night" – 5:36
6. "Silent Rain" – 6:12
7. "Through the Fire" – 6:56
8. "Sail Away" – 5:12
9. "Rainbow In the Dark" – 5:25
10. "Valentine" – 6:07
    • Tracks listed are for Asian version, European version (FR CD 272) omits track 9 on disc two.

Personnel

• Gary Hughes
  Gary Hughes
  Gary Hughes is an English hard rock singer, songwriter and musician. Apart from his work as a solo artist, Gary Hughes is the front man and main songwriter of Hard Rock/Melodic Rock band Ten...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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• Chris Francis – guitar
  Guitar
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• John Halliwell – guitars
• Paul Hodson
  Paul Hodson
  Paul Hodson is an English hard rock singer, songwriter and musician.-Biography:Paul Hodson has been the keyboard player of the band Ten from 2001 until September 2011....
  
   – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Steve McKenna – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Lee Morris
  Lee Morris (musician)
  Born in 1970 in Wolverhampton, Lee came from a musical family and started playing the drums at six years of age. He learnt his instrument from his dad and spent many hours during his early years playing along with various records from the family record collection...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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Production

• Mixing – Gary Hughes
• Engineering – Gary Hughes, Roger Smith, Simon Brayshaw, Chris Francis, Paul Hodson, John Halliwell and Mark Sumner

External links

• Heavy Harmonies page